In a letter to James Madison dated December 20, 1787, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms.”

There is a reason why the true purpose of the Second Amendment is never mentioned by liberal democrats. It’s not at all a coincidence that they always talk about the right to bear arms in the context of hunting or sports, conveniently leaving out arguments like the one made by Thomas Jefferson in his letter to Madison. Put simply, they do not recognize anyone or anything that could be used to limit their accumulation of governmental power. To acknowledge that the Second Amendment is meant for defense against tyranny would be to acknowledge that the people have authority over the state, which runs contrary to the entire progressive ideology.
In California, a state known for its out of control bureaucracy, high taxes and excessive regulations, people are often denied access to firearms, and are therefore denied the ability to properly defend themselves from government tyranny should it one day become necessary. And given the current path that California is going down, government tyranny seems all but inevitable.